Dinner-pail.



R. W. KENNEDY & C. V. BROKENICKY.

DINNER PAIL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1914.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Snow Wow COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (IO-.WASHINDTON. D. C.

UNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

ROBINSON W. KENNEDY AND CHARLES V. BROKENICKY, 01? BLUE RAPIDS, KANSAS.

DINNER-PAIL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBINSON W. KEN- NEDY and CHARLES V. BROKENICKY, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Blue Rapids, in the county of Marshall and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dinner-Pails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dinner pails and more particularly to attachments therefor.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a dinner pail having an attachment which may be applied thereto for heating the contents of the pail in a rapid and efiicient manner and which may be so associated with the pail when not in use that it occupies comparatively small space.

Another object of the invention resides in providing an attachment which may be supported upon the pail and which is provided with means for supporting the pail in elevated position and for holding a burner.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure l is a side elevation showing the attachment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a ver tical sectional view showing the pail in raised position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the attachment showing in dotted lines the folding position of the pail supporting links.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents a pail of ordinary construction which is provided with the usual bail 2 connected to the ears 3 upon the sides thereof. The cover for the pail is arranged in the form of a fuel tank 4 having a screw nipple 5 closed by a measuring cap 6. The lower portion of the pail is provided with laterally extending lugs or projections 7 arranged to engage in apertures formed in the spring catches 8 carried by and projecting above the upper edge of the attachment which, as shown, is in the form of a pan 9 having a plurality of vent holes 10.

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Patented July 6, 1915. Serial No. 860,235.

Secured within the bottom of the pan 9 is a burner 11 and pivoted to the bottom of the pan are a plurality of links 12 which when elevated and having their free ends resting against the sides of the pan will form a support for the pail which spaces the same a suflicient distance from the burner 11. When the links are not in use they are folded downwardly as shown against the bottom of the pan 9 so that the pail may move downwardly in the pan and the spring catches be engaged with the lugs or projections 7.

In the inoperative position of the attachment it will be rea dily seen that it occupies comparatively little room and is of such structure that the increase in weight is practically negligible.

In the operation of the device the attachment is removed by disengaging the spring catches 8 from the lugs 7 and the burner or lamp 11 filled with alcohol or other similar fuel from the tank 4, the fuel being preferably measured by pouring the same into the measuring cap 6. The links are then turned upwardly so that their free ends rest against the sides of the pan and the pan is then supported above the burner upon said links.

What is claimed is An attachment for dinner pails comprising an apertured pan, lugs on the pail, spring catches upon the pan, arranged to engage the lugs, a burner within the pan, and freely hinged links carried by the pan and arranged to fold flat upon the bottom thereof, said links adapted to swing beyond the vertical and having their free ends resting against the sides of the pan, whereby the links will be held against accidental displacement and the pail against downward movement.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ROBINSON WV. KENNEDY. CHARLES V. BROKENICKY. Witnesses:

F. L. STAUFFER, F. O. WAYNANT.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

